Holder for bottles, jars, and other like vessels.



E. HALES HOLDER FOB. BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16,1913.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS Ca. FHOTO-LITHCL, WASHINGTON. D. c.

FFTC.

EDWARD HADES, OF WEST BROIVIWICH, ENGLAND.

HOLDER FOR BOTTLES, JAR-S, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed October 16, 1913. Serial No. 795,529.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD Thus, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Bottles, Jars, and other like Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is of the type which provides between the body or partition of the box or case, and the breakable or injurable merchandise (or bet veen the box or its partitions and an inner box if desired) resilient packings or holders in such manner as to give resilient action, whereby such packings or holders will receive and absorb shocks, and prevent the same being transmitted to the merchandise. According to the present improvements, these packings or buffers are made in the form of holders or cradles, which are applied to the trans port box or case, (or to the compartments thereof), and they are adapted to retain the receptacle in place in a standing or suspended position.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my holder with a jar in position therein; and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

In carrying the invention into effect, the holders or cradles are composed of a pair of bent resilient strips 1, the bottom members 2 of which are placed crosswise. one over the other, and secured together by a rivet at the place of crossing. At the ends of the crosswise members, the strips 1 are bent upward at a right angle, and near the top are provided with elastic bands or loops 3 which can be stretched over the top of the vessel and engaged by the strips 1 at the opposite side. I prefer that each alternate strip be provided with an elastic loop 3, so that after being passed over the top of the receptacle, the loop is made to engage the corresponding upstanding strip 1 at the opposite side, and bend the strips 1 inward so as to bear on the top or shoulder of the vessel. t substantially their midlength, the upstanding parts 1 of the strips are embraced by a circular or rectangular strap 4, to which the strips 1 are riveted, so that only the portions of the upstanding strips that are above the strap 4 can give inward. At the bottom of this shell or cradle is a pair of resilient strips 5, also placed crosswise and riveted to the bottom members 2 by the same rivet that fastens the other strips. The ends of these crosswise strips 5 are flanged upward, the flanged ends 6 alternating with the strips 2 first mentioned; they clasp or steady the base of the vessel, and also have an upward spring action. The vessel can be dropped in between the upstanding strips 1 without rubbing against them, thus any ornamental label or other matter on the vessel is not injured in any way. The elastic loops 3 are then passed crosswise over the top of the vessel and clipped on to the opposite strips, so as to pull the upper part of the strips inward and hold the vessel. in position, while the flanged ends 6 of the base strips 5 clap the base of the vessel. The advantage of this form of cradle is, that it is complete in itself, and a number can be placed in a packing box and each secured'to the base thereof by the insertion of screws passed through the holes 17, shown in Fig. 1.

The elastic loops or bands 3 are by preference made of wire wound spirally, the two ends of each loop being joined together, so as to form an endless spiral spring. The length of each loop is such, that it has to be stretched in order to pass over the vessel and be coupled to the opposite strip, thus insuring that the strips 1 are bent inward by the pull of the loops. Any other suitable form of loop may however he used.

I declare that what 1 claim is 1. In a packing for jars, bottles and other like vessels, the combination of a pair of bent resilient strips placed crosswise one over the other and secured together, the ends of which are bent upward to form a shell or cradle for the vessel, a strap embracing these upstanding strips at approximately their mid-length, and elastic bands or loops stretched over the top of the jar or vessel and engaged by the upstanding strips at opposite sides, in such manner as to bend the strips inward above the strap against the upper portion of the vessel.

2. A packing for jars or the like, comprising in combination, a resilient holder adapted to embrace the lower end of a jar, said holder being capable of yielding, with said jar, to cushion a shock or impact which may be imparted to the jar; a plurality of spring arms extending upwardly from said holder and spaced away therefrom and from the" lower portion of the and 1913 in the presence of two subscribing means for drawing the upper ends of said itnesses, arms inwardly into contact with the upper end of the jar and. yieldingly holding the v I H 5 same in'such position. 9 r V Witnesses:

In witne hereefi, I h ve. he eunto 7 JOH J L signed my name this 6th day of October I" v HOYLE.

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